— The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, October 6, 1999 3 | Meadows Center o o| Civil War DE butts work Dallas, will host its fall craft show, on Saturday, Oct. 9, from 10 a.m. to preserve o of HIStory to 4 p.m. The event will feaure the work of 33 crafters from Carol By KASIA McDONOUGH Post Staff Ann's Crafts and Candles, Luzerne. There will also be a residents’ bake sale, Christmas treasures booth, raffle and com- plimentary refreshments. Prizes for the raffle include a silver mink jacket, a complete set of 12TV McDonald's Teenie Beanie Babies toy animals, and a Candle Basket. Legion Post 672 will install new officers Daddow-Isaacs Post 672, The American Legion, Dallas, will hold installation of officers, Friday, Oct. 8 beginning at 8 p.m. at the Le- gion Home. New commander will be “Kep” Gottshalk of Dallas. All Legion members are asked to attend. BACK MOUNTAIN - Members of the Civil War Round Table (CWRT) are leading the charge to preserve historic monu- ® @ | ments throughout the state. The group is coordinat- ing a restoration project of the Shawnee Cemetery in Plymouth, a site contain- ing grave markers for many of the area's Civil War veterans. It is also working with state legisla- tors in an effort to refur- bish monuments in 0 @ | Gettysburg. CRWT holds fundraisers to support the Gettysburg Monument Project, a statewide effort to preserve Civil War landmarks, and its members travel to the battlefields every year to | help maintain the sites. “We organized a group of Wl @ volunteers who painted a picket fence and helped Westmoreland class of 1960 seeks mates Westmoreland High School Class of 1960 is planning its 40th class reunion for July 21, 22, 23, 2000. Addresses are sought for the following classmates: Lloyd Bishop, John Bishop, James Mor- gan, George Shields, Pat Soltishick and Jeff Thompson. Call Larry Newhart, reunion chairman at 278-2704 or Donna LaBarr Kachmar at 696-3375. Other committee members include Sue rebuild an iron fence around ¥ gi ; : ; : : POST PHOTO/KASIA McDONOUGH Anderson Weber, Bill Weber, Carol the national cemetery this Members of the Civil War Round Table pose near a Civil War era Civil War soldiers. They also visit national monument sites to do Reed Lasher. Jack Lasher, year,” said Ed Brewer, of cannon at the Shawnee Cemetery in Plymouth. The group has been maintenance. From left: John Chapple, Lynne Austin, Pete Constance “Evelyn” Orchard, Jack Shavertown, who together ~~ working to clear brush from grave markers, many of which belong to Austin, Reese Pelton, Maureen Follmer, Gary Mathers. Chapple and Carol Heslop Rogers. with his wife Connie, started CRWT four years ago. “Many of the markers and monu- were grown, my husband and oN Gg research and discuss the School a short while ago and LL class of 1990 ments are starting to show I were looking for something ; Our focus is to create effects of the war on the : we d like to do More of that : : signs of their age and there to keep us busy and we : an understanding of country, politics, communj- kind of thing,” said Brewer. planning reunion isn’t sufficient federal funding thought it might be interest- > YN ties and families. “The group Youngsters and their Lake Leh Hish' Scheol ( ) a to repair them.” J ing to take a class about the the Civil War and. its 5 , acts as a resource for people families can learn more by a - € man 1g C 00 Civil War montithents and Civil War,” said Lynn Austin oo : =, who are interested in learning attending Luzerne County C 25s 0 90 reunion committe is grave markers offer a testi- of Harvey's Lake. “I was unp act on our nation. more about this crucial time Civil War Day, an annual seeking information from 1990 mony to the men and women talking to my mother about . Ed Brewer in our history or for those event commemorating the graduates. Please contact Denise whose sacrifices ensured the the class and I found out she ~_ Shavertown looking for information about four-year struggle. "Some of Thompson DuBois ai (732) 818. nation’s unity. “We have a had a letter my great uncle ; a i family members who fought our members are re-enactors 1008 or Michelle Lanwarden at | large number of people from wrote the day before he was understanding of the Civil . in the Civil War,” Brewer who dress in Civil War (223) A : or smal us af | this area who fought in the killed on the battlefield.” War and its impact on our said. uniforms and stage battles at Slehman olmatl.coms. | war,” said Brewer. “Our goal The Back Mountain nation,” said Ed Brewer. “If ‘The group also has works programs like this as a way of is to keep that history alive.” Chapter of CWRT, which things had gone differently, with local schools to person- putting a human face with : O @ This history is often boasts more than 80 mem- and the Union had not won alize history for younger the history,” said Brewer. It's Tell our advertisers personal, as many of the bers, is actively involved in the war, this country would generations that do not have important to keep alive our you saw them in group’s members have preserving this sort of histori- be entirely different than it is a firsthand account of the sense of appreciation for the The Dallas Post discovered their own ances- cal data relating to the battle today.” : war. “We conducted a pro- sacrifices made by those who : alias : 23 i | tors had a role in defending between North and South. The Civil War Round Table gram.on the ‘Lost Confed- fought because what ve have They'll appreciate it, | the union. “After our children “Our focus is to create an holds monthly meetings to eracy’ at the Dallas High today is due to them. and so will we. 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